Female Ministers

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: — read the full passage →

And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. — read the full passage →

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: — read the full passage →

And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, — read the full passage →

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; — read the full passage →

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →

When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →

And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: — read the full passage →

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.